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Nearing a return to the secondary, Brandon Jones won’t field punts when he next suits up for Texas

When Texas junior Brandon Jones returns to the football field, he will be focusing solely on his work as a safety.

In the second quarter of last week’s 24-17 win at Kansas, Jones suffered a head injury while returning a punt. Jones did not return after receiving a helmet-to-helmet hit from Emmanuel Moore, who was ejected for targeting. Jones has started eight times in UT’s secondary this fall, but an ailing ankle also cost him four games.

Jones, though, will just be concentrating on UT’s defense when he next plays. Texas has used Jones as the returner on its “punt safe” team, but Herman said that will change. Freshman D’Shawn Jamison (13.1 yards per return) and Jones (10.8 yards per return) are the only Longhorns who have fielded punts this season.

“Yeah, (Jones) will not be returning punts,” Herman said. “We’ve got open try-outs for a punt returner this week.”

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